Overview of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Timothy Grotjohn

Professor and Chairperson

Department StatisticsFaculty (38 + 2 joint appointments) 40

Support Staff 12

Graduate Students ~190

M.S. 35%

Ph.D. 65%

Undergraduate Students 500

BS Graduates ~100

M.S. Graduates ~30

PhD Graduates ~20

Research Expenditures $10.4M/year

Undergraduate Program Offer electrical engineering and computer engineering programs.

(Both programs have ABET Accreditation) Computer Engineering is jointly offered with the Computer Science

and Engineering Department Many opportunities for hands-on lab experiences- 20 teaching labs Hands-on labs Freshman-Senior Student groups: IEEE, HKN, Amateur Radio, Audio Enthusiast Senior Design course with industrially sponsored projects Emphasis on experiential education

Internships Co-op Undergraduate research project Study Abroad

Graduate Program Electrical Engineering M.S. and Ph.D. Programs 190 graduate students Sloan program for recruiting, mentoring and graduating

domestic students from underrepresented groups.

Areas of Research Specialization• Electroscience

• Materials and Devices• Electromagnetics• Nondestructive Evaluation

• Systems• Controls• Robotics• Biomedical • Signal Processing/Communications• Power Systems and Electronics

• Computer Engineering• Integrated Microsystems• Evolutionary Computing• Networking

Research Centers• Fraunhofer Center for Coatings & Laser Applications

• Coating research for industrial applications; variety of material coating and characterization capabilities; specializes in carbon-based coatings (diamond, amorphous carbon, DLC, etc.)

• NSF Science and Technology Center• BEACON- Bio/computational Evolution in Action

CONsortium

Fraunhofer Center

1cm × 1cm3 carat

3.5 mm × 3.5 mm (boron doped blue)

Multiple single crystal diamond synthesis

3.5 mm × 3.5 mm (near colorless)

MSU/Fraunhofer Capabilities – Single Crystalline Diamond

Rough (as-grown) diamond on seed

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Grown diamond (right) separated from seed (left)

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Energy: Renewable Resources

Energy scavenging viathermoelectric materials

Energy-use reduction using advancedpower electronics and emerging vehicle

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Health and Biomedical

Cardiovascular Health Detection

Cancer Therapy using Ultrasound and RF Energy

Neural Recording Technology

Non-invasiveHeart ValveDiagnostics

Security

Wall Climbing Robot

Border Security

Wireless Image Communication

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